6packofun Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 We lean towards the old earth Christian viewpoint, but I'm open to any resources. I saw the Geology book and study guide from AIG, but if I got that I would definitely want something from an old earth perspective to balance it out, Christian or secular. Has anyone used Ring of Fire (Stratton House) level 2 rock kits? This is for a freshman who covered Physical Science this year and in the fall would like to do something different, rather than jump right into Biology...she's thinking Earth Science/Geology. Thanks if you have any book titles to share! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 We lean towards the old earth Christian viewpoint, but I'm open to any resources. I saw the Geology book and study guide from AIG, but if I got that I would definitely want something from an old earth perspective to balance it out, Christian or secular. Has anyone used Ring of Fire (Stratton House) level 2 rock kits? This is for a freshman who covered Physical Science this year and in the fall would like to do something different, rather than jump right into Biology...she's thinking Earth Science/Geology. Thanks if you have any book titles to share! I'm thinking of using Science 101: Geology. We've been using the Oceanography title and I like it. I also have the Geology Rocks Science in a Nutshell kit from Delta Science. It is written for middle schoolers, but is one of the nicer sample sets I've seen (large enough samples to really play with and comes with everything you need to do hardness and otherwise identify the whole set of 25). Are you familiar with the Roadside Geology series? We've used these in a couple different places and really like them. I also like the Prentice Hall Science Explorer titles for geology (Inside Earth and Earth's Changing Surface are two titles we have). Some of these may be lighter texts than you're looking for. I also did a physical geography course that I really enjoyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted June 11, 2011 Author Share Posted June 11, 2011 Thanks for the titles! I'll check them all out. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 I recommend Earth Science by Tarbuck. The intro non-majors college text book is very readable and not very hard (he also has a HS text which we are not using). Ruth in NZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 I recommend Earth Science by Tarbuck. The intro non-majors college text book is very readable and not very hard (he also has a HS text which we are not using). :iagree: Excellent secular text! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmeliaBinMO Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 (edited) I also like the Tarbuck texts. Please forgive what will seem like shameless self-promotion, but I have an amazing deal (really!) for a set of Tarbuck high school Earth science on the For Sale boards. There is a photo of it as well. http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=281546 (ETA: the books are complete Earth Science and not strictly Geology. I coupled the Tarbuck books with some DVDs from the TTC's course, "The Nature of Earth: An Introduction to Geology.") I hope everyone can forgive me -- just thought it was a good price and might help! Edited June 11, 2011 by AmeliaBinMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camilla in VA Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 The Ring of Fire kits are excellent kits that are labs for a geology or earth science class. Each kit comes with several rocks with labs that involve classifying, identifying, and learning about each type of rocks. The AIG materials are really just materials that help you understand all the evolution material presented by the typical geology book but in a young earth perspective. Not a stand alone material, but rather a supplement. There are several high school earth science books and saxon homeschool has one with books, lesson and lab plans, schedules, and tests. (At a high price too!) I taught Earth Science at a coop one year. We just used a high school earth science book, and then supplemented with the AIG material and showed some of their DVDs as extra. The Ring of Fire kits were used for several weeks of labs meeting once a week. Earth Science covers a lot of material and goes beyond geology. I liked the high school science books for the younger grades, rather than use the college book. I used an old, old version of the Glencoe Earth Science book because it was cheap. This was full of photos from the National Geographic Society. The version used was: ISBN --0078215919 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Is the Tarbuck's book as readable as it says when I look at a description of it? My older son took a geology course from IU for his earth science credit, and even though it was a course for non-majors, it was so full of chemistry that he had trouble studying for the tests (which also included a lot of the chemistry, even though the labs were not bad at all).... I've been casting my eye at Ring of Fire for high school level earth science for years, but haven't looked closely enough to see if it includes tests, weekly work, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanie Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 My 9th grader used: Geology: A Self Teaching Guide Understanding Earth Laboratory Manual for Physical Geology; Zumberge Roadside Geology of Hawaii How the Earth Works (Teaching Company lectures) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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